PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-1007-1775

PARENT COLLECTION

Loni Ding Oral History and Film Research Collection

DESCRIPTION

Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1621/. Oka is on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. Yagi discusses his family (some of whom were near Hiroshima at the time of the bomb) and their situation after the war, being discharged from the military, joining and working for the post office, and wanting to switch to the 442nd after serving in the Aleutian Islands, and volunteering for the military. Oka and Yagi discuss their feelings on the atom bomb and the 442nd. Oka discusses the death of his younger brother, his 7-year recovery from tuberculosis after service, and attending school after returning from Japan. Ito discusses his feelings on service and what he did after the war. Interview starts at 0:44. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #53, 7-26-85, Oka, Yagi, Ito VII. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1776/

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of David Welsh, The Center for Educational Telecommunications (CET)

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